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Massachusetts Sex Offenders Convicted Before 2006 Don?t Have to Wear GPS Devices, Says Supreme Judicial Court

By Altman & Altman

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court says that people convicted of sexual crimes before 2006 do not have to wear GPS devices if they violate parole or probation. The decision split the court 4-3. The majority, however, said that the law cannot be applied retroactively. The case involves a Bristol County sex offender who was convicted in 1997. Russell M. Cory pled guilty to indecent assault and battery on a child. He served time in prison for several years and was ordered to serve 25 years probation. Cory left prison in May 2006. He did not take part in mandatory counseling sessions or treatment. Soon after the 2006 law went into effect, Cory was ordered to wear a GPS for violating his probation. Cory, a Level 3 sex offender, is back in jail...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on August 18, 2009 (boomark / email).

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